Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition

2013 Virginia Health Care Quality Award for Collaboration

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We are very pleased to announce that the Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition is the 2013 recipient of the Virginia Health Quality Award for Collaboration which recognizes individuals or organizations committed to bringing others together to solve healthcare challenges. The award was presented at the QualitySync II: Transforming Care Through Innovation conference at The Westin Richmond on April 10, 2013.

This award recognizes healthcare quality improvement partnerships among multiple facilities, practices or organizations that:

• Bring together individuals and organizations with different perspectives, expertise and resources, and that may not have worked together before.
• Build consensus about improvement priorities and raised awareness of the need for action to improve care.
• Create a plan for action that shares work and responsibility among all partners in a way that leverages their strengths.
• Have made at least initial progress toward reaching its goals.

To learn more about the VHCQ Award please click here>>>

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Healthy Kids Grants 2013

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia announces a grant opportunity to help public schools encourage healthy lifestyles through increased exercise and better nutrition.   

In collaboration with the Chin Family Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund with the Community Foundation, 20 grants of $1,000 each are available to individual public schools in Northern Virginia that implement a program or strategy to encourage better nutrition or to encourage more activity among their student body during the 2013-2014 school year.  Public elementary, middle and high schools located in Northern Virginia are all eligible to apply. Click here for more info for more information.

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 First Lady Michelle Obama joined a Google + Hangout hosted by Kelly Ripa...click here to watch video. 

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9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ is a community-wide campaign to promote healthy lifestyles for children in Northern Virginia.

Please use the ideas and tools provided on the Coalition's website to help your communities' kids live the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ message in simple ways, every day.

What You Can Do

1. Spread the Message. Start by spreading the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ message to children, parents, caregivers, colleagues, friends, and neighbors. (Learn more...)

2. Use the Tools. Adopt policies & practices that support the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ behaviors in your particular setting. Encourage others to do the same wherever children live, learn, and play. (Click a toolkit in the left-hand menu...)

3. Join the Campaign. Join the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ Campaign to connect with other people who share your commitment to child health promotion. There is no cost to join, and we will equip you with ideas & tools for spreading the message and supporting the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ behaviors. Click here to join...

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ANNANDALE, Va. - Sleep is an important part of academic success and in Fairfax County, some parents are fighting to give high school students a few more hours of it.
 
Parents and teachers gathered at Annandale High School Tuesday for the county's first "Sleep Night," where a sleep expert presented findings from her study on a school that moved to a later start times.
 
"Adolsecents aren't hard wired to go to sleep much before 11 o'clock. We also know they need about 9 hours of sleep," says Dr. Judith Owens, director of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center.
 
"If you do the math, they can't fall asleep before 11, they wake up at 8 to get adequate sleep, and if school starts at 7:15, it's not gonna happen."

For the entire article click here>>>